BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Crucial talks due on Wednesday between
the European Union and Iran on incentives to a end a nuclear
stand-off have been postponed for a week, an Iranian official
said. "The meeting has changed to the next week.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - North Korea launched a total of 10
missiles, the head of Russia's General Staff was quoted as
saying on Wednesday, but he could not confirm how many of them
were intercontinental weapons.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces raided a hospital
in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Ramadi west of Baghdad on
Wednesday, saying it was being used as a safe haven for rebel
fighters to launch mortar and sniper attacks on them. U.S.

By Parisa Hafezi BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iran said on Wednesday crucial talks
between the European Union and Iran on incentives aimed at
ending a nuclear stand-off have been postponed for a week,
giving no immediate official reason for the delay. "The meeting has changed to the next week.

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said
on Wednesday he would demand an independent Iraqi inquiry into
the suspected rape and murder of a teenager and the killing of
her family by U.S. soldiers.

By Parisa Hafezi BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iran said on Wednesday crucial talks
between the European Union and Iran on incentives aimed at
ending a nuclear stand-off have been postponed for a week,
giving no immediate official reason for the delay.

By Jeff Franks HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts on the shuttle Discovery
awoke to their first full day in space on Wednesday and
prepared to inspect their orbiter for damage after launching
from Florida on a flight NASA hopes will get the troubled U.S.
space program back on track.

By Ibon Villelabeitia BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister called on
Wednesday for an independent inquiry into the alleged rape and
murder of a teenager and killing of her family by U.S. soldiers
and a review of foreign troops' immunity from Iraqi law.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Baghdad's central morgue received 1,595
bodies last month -- the highest number since the February
bombing of a Shiite shrine sparked a wave of sectarian
killings, a morgue official said on Wednesday.

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